Events
The HEART RUN 5K
The HEART RUN 10K
The HEART RUN Half Marathon 13.1 miles
Kid's DASH :200 yard TOT TROT /600 yards Kid's 4 to 11
Place
Bolsa Chica State Park
Huntington Beach, CA US 92648
Description
BOLSA CHICA STATE BEACH. LOT 25
Race Day Schedule:
6:30 AM RACE DAY REGISTRATION begins
7:00 am to 11 am FEBRUARY FESTIVAL EXPO. Full of FUN. Make your own Valentines. Be a Valentine.
8:00 AM START of the HEART RUN HALF MARATHON START (only)
8:15 AM Kid's Dash
8:30 AM Start of the HEART RUN 5k/10K Mass start
9:00 AM Begins the Overall Race award winners, followed by division winners 5k 9:30 10K awards begins
9:45am Begins the Half Marathon Awards Ceremony
CELEBRATE Valentine's in a healthy HEART filled way! Choose 5K /10K/ or Half Marathon . Bring family, friends, or a sweetheart. Or, possibly meet one! It's a full fledged February celebration. YOUR largest, and BEST February heart themed RACE !
You will get a bib and a 5K shirt or half marathon hoodie, and a custom medal that matches. Everyone gets a finisher medal. Amazing and ample age division awards. also. Top three overall awards. The expo has a "full of heart " section. There is even a make-your-own Valentine card station.
Also available as an add-on: A $6 food voucher ticket. This can get street tacos, tamales, a drink, and a tamale or a coffee drink from the coffee stand. Or, home baked Valentine's cookies. Or you can bring cash for race morning.
TESLA TRUCKS & VEHICLES will be there to TEST DRIVE. You will need a copy or proof of a driver's license.
Remember to also have $15 cash on hand if you are coming in the State Park gate to park. We encourage carpools. There is free parking throughout Sunset Beach if you are willing to jog east and into that last LOT 25 on the corner of Warner and PCH. No car entrance is available at that far corner. All vehicles coming into the Bolsa Chica State Park must come in the main gate in the mid-section.
Awards:
5K RUN/WALK: Age Group Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd TOP Overall Male/Female Trophy 1-10, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 40-44, 45-49, 50-54,55-59 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, -over.80-84, 85-89, 90 plus
HALF MARATHON: Age Group Awards for Half Marathon 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Top Overall Male/Female Trophy,1-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 40-44, 45-49, 50-54,55-59 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90 plus
Pick up BIBs and SHIRTS on Race Day at LOT 25. Beginning at 6:30am. The gates to the STATE PARK opens at 6 am.
HALF MARATHON gets long sleeve ZIP up or PULL over HOODIES for the HALF MARATHON that say FINISHER on them. Medals help commemorate FEBRUARY themes. MAKE GOALS for yourself in February.
PLAN ON having a GOOD TIME! It's the party you make of it. Bring your zeal, energy , and our hope is this makes your February that much more special...because you are ! Check out how the proceeds help Caren Ware spread health and hope to the needs she has RAN into running a remote marathon on every continent.
PARKING
Plan on paying $15 per car that enters the State Park gate, or...park in the many slots in Sunset Beach south of PCH behind the Jack n the Box on Warner and PCH and jog into LOT 25 of the state park.
RESTROOMS are provided by the STATE PARK and are located on the FAR ends of lot 25. Plan on taking a few minutes to venture to them.
A CELEBRATION of EVERYTHING in FEBRUARY!
CHIP TIMED by ITZ ABOUT TIME. PROCEEDS help form Ware in the World Foundation. Proceeds from the races go to supporting the needs Caren Ware has RAN into Running remotely around the world. We currently are gifting proceeds to Nepalese villages and their medical and schooling needs, plus helping them create means of healthy income during the monsoon seasons. We opened Take Care Beauty Salon in the school village of Sotang so the moms could earn money for their children's school supplies. We covered costs for baby births so children and young mother's have safe deliveries. And we provided trekking shoes, jackets, and sleeping bags for the guides and porters, plus help with tuition for kids to go to school. It's exciting and healthy to gift back! Our hearts should be our biggest muscle! Read Caren Ware's book FINDING FIT available on Amazon. To be released by Dec. 1, 2023!
Watch YouTube Channel Caren.ware.events adventures. We also help Miss Pam's Ranch, a working ranch that teaches troubled youth to ride, do chores, build esteem, and set goals. Miss Pam RUNS the ranch from a wheelchair. WATCH YOUTUBE Channel Caren.ware.events Woman RUNs Ranch from a wheelchair. Hit Donate and help us spread health and hope...around the world with a healthy heart of giving.
Bag of heart cookies for $10 offered at the Galentina's Bakery booth at the race.
Same location as RUN in the NEW YEAR! Just as FUN! Double the FUN!! Run up an appetitive for the Super Bowl Games. Run with your sweetheart...albeit your children, wife, girlfirend, running buddy, or just solo. We ALL have a heart and we want it to be the healthiest!!
HALF MARATHON & 5K COURSE
THE HALF MARATHON is currently permitted for 2 laps around the entire BOLSA CHICA STATE PARK and proceeds to the Dog Beach and back for two full loops.. A almost all FLAT COURSE. Hear the surf. Enjoy the beach.
5K is and out and back. The turn around is near the Bolsa Chica State Beach main entrance.
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Parking/ Entrance to Bolsa Chica State Park.
The event is in the farthest western lot- Lot 25) Closest to Warner & PCH, but to enter the park use the following address: 17851 Pacific Coast Hwy. BRING $15 CASH (or a parking pass) to make the gate line proceed quickly. Credit cards slow the process.
FREE OR METERED PARKING: There is also parking behind the Jack and the Box (corner of Warner and PCH ) and an easy walk-in. DO NOT PARK in the shopping lot or at the gas station. And, the STATE PARK has a program where you can come and do a beach clean up for a FREE STATE PARKING PASS.
Public Restrooms are provided by the State Park and the buildings are located on each end of the parking lot .
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